Map: June Rainfall Remains Scarce for Western Canada

Jul 05, 2023

There were pockets of relief, but overall rainfall across Western Canada disappointed in June.

As the map below shows, large portions of all three Prairie provinces received well below normal precipitation over the last 30 days, including up to less than 40% (shown in dark red). The lack of rain has allowed drought to expand and taken a heavy toll on crop conditions, especially in parts of central and southern Alberta where a handful of counties have now formally declared agricultural disasters.

In its June 28 declaration, Foothills County – located directly south of Calgary - said eastern areas of the municipality had received less than 35% of average annual rainfall with some areas seeing less than 2 inches in total to date.

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Video: A chain harrow is a game changer

Utilizing a rotational grazing method on our farmstead with our sheep helps to let the pasture/paddocks rest. We also just invested in a chain harrow to allow us to drag the paddocks our sheep just left to break up and spread their manure around, dethatch thicker grass areas, and to rough up bare dirt areas to all for a better seed to soil contact if we overseed that paddock. This was our first time really using the chain harrow besides initially testing it out. We are very impressed with the work it did and how and area that was majority dirt, could be roughed up before reseeding.

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